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IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 277-306
- Record Id:
- 041-003797601
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100118915826.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129828683.0x000011
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 277-306
- Title:
- Persian Affairs and Persian Gulf Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 19 dated 5 March 1856. The enclosures are dated 7 February-4 March 1856.
The item comprises correspondence of the Secretary to the Government, Bombay; the Board (Governor and President and members in Council, Bombay); the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Bombay; the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Bombay; and the Military Board, Bombay. Also included are: minutes of the Governor and President and the members in Council, Bombay, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Bombay; and the substance of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat conveying intelligence of Persian troop movements from Tehran and Shiraz.
The papers cover the reasons why the Government of Bombay considered it potentially necessary to send a land expedition to the Persian Gulf following the diplomatic rupture between Charles Augustus Murray, HM Envoy in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Government, including: what effect the acceptance by Russia of peace with Britain [Crimean War, 1853-1856] may, or may not, have on Persia’s policy towards HM Envoy and plans to occupy Herat; whether Murray’s requisition for troops was sent before he knew of the Anglo-Russian peace; and the importance of awaiting instructions from the Government of India by electric telegraph prior to despatching any force.
The papers also cover the Government of Bombay’s investigations and instructions regarding military and naval resources and preparations for the defence of the sea board of Fars, of Bushire [Bushehr] and the island of Karrack [Kharg, also known as Khark] in the event that a British expedition to Persia were to take place, including:
- The nature and extent of the force required and proposed expedition aims
- The suggested composition of a force to occupy Karrack
- The availability of vessels of war and means of sea transport available and obtainable from Bombay, including steamers from the River Indus flotilla and private steamers
- Commissariat and Ordnance requirements.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539332
041-003797601 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/486 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 124
IOR/L/PS/5/486, ff 277-306 : Persian Affairs and Persian Gulf Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0124]/040-000539332[0017]/041-003797601
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (30 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100129828683.0x000011
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 5 Mar 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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